some fixes to the readme install instructions
License: MIT Signed-off-by: Jeromy <jeromyj@gmail.com>
Jeromy committed
Feb 22, 2016 at 19:02 UTC
f89b7c7679ea7a8292929dae9725e66b4f83b361
1 file changed
+5
-17
README.md
+5
-17
@@ -46,17 +46,12 @@ The canonical download instructions for IPFS are over at: http://ipfs.io/docs/in
46
47
### Install prebuilt packages
48
49
-We use [gobuilder.me](https://gobuilder.me), a great service that automatically builds a release on every commit.
50
-
51
-You can see the latest builds for your platform at these links:
52
-
53
-- [`release` - the last released version](https://gobuilder.me/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs?branch=release) **<-- recommended**
54
-- [`master` - development, stable](https://gobuilder.me/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs?branch=master)
49
+We host prebuilt binaries over at our [distributions page](https://dist.ipfs.io#go-ipfs).
50
51
From there:
57
-- Click "Download" on the build for your platform.
52
+- Click the blue "Download go-ipfs" on the right side of the page.
53
- Open/extract the archive.
59
-- Move `ipfs` to your path (`install.sh` can do it for you),
54
+- Move `ipfs` to your path (`install.sh` can do it for you).
55
56
### Build from Source
57
@@ -79,7 +74,7 @@ You can try using package manager, but gx and gx-go are unlikely to be available
74
75
#### Download + Compile IPFS
76
82
-Then:
77
+Simply run:
78
79
```
80
$ go get -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
@@ -87,19 +82,12 @@ $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
82
$ make install
83
```
84
90
-Tip:
91
-
92
-If the `make install` hangs while fetching dependencies and if you are
93
-running a daemon locally, ensure that it is on at least version 0.4.0-dev. If
94
-you don't have a build that is new enough, run the `make install` with your
95
-daemon turned off and the deps will be fetched through the ipfs.io gateways.
96
-
85
NOTES:
86
87
* `git` is required in order for `go get` to fetch
88
all dependencies.
89
* Package managers often contain out-of-date `golang` packages.
102
- Compilation from source is recommended.
90
+ ensure that `go version` reports at least 1.5.2.
91
* If you are interested in development, please install the development
92
dependencies as well.
93
* *WARNING: Older versions of OSX FUSE (for Mac OS X) can cause kernel panics when mounting!*